Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BOWYER, OF HUNTSBURG, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN E.QUINN, OF MONTVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,827, dated October19, 1875; application filed March 8, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. Bowman, of Huntsburg, Geauga county, andState of 'Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in ing, in WhichFigure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

A represents a box having round ends the sides made of Wood, and thebottom and ends made of" sheet metal. The top is partly covered, leavinga space at the middle for putting in water and clothes, and providedwith a movable cover. At the sides of the box, near the top, arejournals a, which set in boxes a 1 attached to the apex of the framesides B, in

which the box A swings when operating. The inside of the said box A isprovided with ribs 0 O, secured crosswise thereof, and extending atintervals all the way around from the top corners, along the ends andbottom. At the sides, on the inside of the said box A, are blocks (1,having a vertical groove, cl, in which the journals of the ribbed rollerD play. Upon the outside of the box A, at one side,is placed anoperating handle, E, fixed in sockets e c e the said handle being split,and is spread from the upper socket to the two lower ones. These socketshave buttons, which cover the mortises in which the handle rests, whichpermit it to be removed. On the opposite side of the box A to the handleis a lever, with a notch arranged for holding the box from swinging whenit is desired to hold it still when placing in or taking out thecontents. A board, F, is attached to the top of the box A, to which awringer may be attached when desired.

The operation of this is as follows: The water, soap, and clothes areplaced inside, and the ribbed roller Dput in place, and the lid put on,when the machine is ready for operation. It is then swung by means ofthe handle, which is a very easy operation, and which a little child mayperform, the action upon the clothes being that they are carried backand forth over the ribs on the inside of the box, and under the rollerD, the roller preventing their rolling up into a bundle, and at the sametime assisting in rubbing them. The journals of the roller playing inthe grooves d allow it to rise up, and permit the clothes to pass underit Without difficulty.

Having described my invention, I claim as follows A Washing-machine,composed of the body A, having the transverse ribs 0 and journals a, theautomatically-adj ustable roller D,frame B, having bearings a forjournals to, and the split handle E, constructed, arranged, andoperating as shown and described.

JOHN A. BOWYER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT F. TUCKER, A. W. STRONG.

